Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-08
SSUUBBUCK"
Not, Perhaps, the Most Mellinuous. but
the Most Potential Word Man Ever In
vented.

Not, Perhaps, the Most Mellihuous' but
the Most Potential Word Man Ever In
vented.
1T Is sometimes said that home and
mother are the most grateful and touch
ING and inspiring words known to man,
remarked a gentleman who had Just re
turned from a trip to the far West OF
America.
well, perhaps they are to the majority
of men," be added musingly, but
with sudden emphasize know a word
that is easily chief among the l3O,O 600
words in the Imperial dictionary
There was u general prIcking Of ears in
the company to which the extraordinary
assertion was made.
"Pll tell you how it was, he continued.
1--WE were in ColOradO-at Georgetown
and four of us decided on doing the Argen'
tine pass Of the Rockies, IL, 500 feet above
the sea. We started Out-fOur Oi us he
sides the driyer-in = twO-hOrSe wagon.
The ascent was steep. | will not say it was
perpendicular, but y good steep angle
couldn't touch it. POkerish? Well, It
some Of you DetrOiterS who live on the
dead level and have never seen that mag
niiicent Western country could but Ialntly
imagine the real pokerishReSS Ofthat climb
YOU might have something to talk about.
But the reality beats the liyeliCst inIagin-
alton.
I'VE stmted out, rs | said, and all were
in good spirits, ready TO dare anything, and
eager, on the whole, for dangerous adycn-
ture. We climbed and struggled and
strained and toiled. Il think We actually
worked harder than the hOrScs.b Breath
iug became serious question with some
of us who were unused TO the rareted air,
but we were having 4 spirited adventure
and didn't care much for the difficulties OF
breathing.
When we had mounted IL ,OOD feet the
awful sublimity of our situation began to
impress itself upon us. We were not too
ignorant IN realize the Immediate pOssihl'
tiles of humiliation. | believe some Of us
said something about the Almighty Majesty
and the dread power Of the creator Of 4
scene that could 80 overwhelm MS with
awe and force down our threats, ~ it We're,
a conviction OF our own helpless and pititul
insignihCanCe.
Suddenly we began to feel vague
sense OF danger. What WAS il? We asked
ourselves. The ladies of our party were
liyid. felt 4 deSparing sinking, though
spoke some words that were meant to he
reaSsuring 10 my fellow travellers. Still
that awful something held us in its clutch.
Another instant and We knew! MerciliIl
Cod The horses had become exhausted,
and the weight of the wagon and OF its hu
man load was pulling them down.
What was to be our fate? We should
certainly be kiIed-horribly mangled,
may DC.
II don't know how many deaths we
died in those supreme hours seconds |
mean; but know that had given myself
up for lost and that waited for the tragic
catastrophe with desperate calm. Heavens
How long lived in those fearful seconds
Imagination, Swifter than the flash of light
ming, saw my own funeral; saw the group
OF black clad and weeping mOurners; saw
my fatherless children coming year after
wear to my grave-and / don't know how
many equally cheering visions.
'HUBBUCk!
Il started like one shot. What had
happened? The horses gave lurch for
ward Our descent was checked.
'HUBBUCKr
"Hurrah' God be praised! We were
moving up the tSGacherous steep again.
The danger line was passed 'Hubhuck'
had saved our lives"
"Huhbuck?" queriea one of the eager
listeners. "What in blazeS do you mean
by HubbHckY'
BLESS me if knOS, was the travellers
reply. "All that can tell ahGpt il is
that's what the driver yelled at his horses
when they made that forward lUrch. And
to this day think Hubbuck the hest and
the most moving word in any language the
human tongue ever wreStled with